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SK On, EcoPro Materials and GEM to build battery precursor plant in South Korea

Green Car Congress

SK On will partner with Korea’s largest cathode material company EcoPro, and Chinese battery materials producer GEM to build a battery core material production facility in Saemangeum, South Korea. The three companies together will spend up on 1.21

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South Korea EV registration jumps in 2022

Teslarati

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in South Korea has announced that EV registrations in the country have jumped by 72.7% South Korea has not seen the EV boom of the Chinese car market , more closely resembling the Japanese market, where electric vehicles have yet to catch on. year over year.

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SK IE Technology to supply separators for EV batteries to Sunwoda

Green Car Congress

This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer. According to the MOU, both companies agreed to communicate actively about expanding the supply of separators with technological capabilities, quality, and price competitiveness in the future.

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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

Green Car Congress

One project of particular importance is the Korea Tungsten project located in the Sangdong Mine of South Korea, which hosts one of the largest tungsten resources in the world. imposed three rounds of tariffs on Chinese imports in 2018, with a fourth round completed last September on many items with a 15% duty [ 3 ].

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Hyundai, Kia join China’s Baidu to develop connected cars – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The South Korean companies will seek to find new business models harnessing artificial intelligence technologies with the Chinese counterpart as well. The South Korean companies will seek to find new business models harnessing artificial intelligence technologies with the Chinese counterpart as well, they added.

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Geely and Renault sign agreement to take on S. Korean car market, together

Electrek

Chinese automotive giant and Volvo/Polestar parent company, Geely, has signed an agreement with the French Renault Group to launch a new collaboration intended to bring fuel-efficient hybrid electric cars to South Korea, as well as export sales into other Asian markets.

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US & South Korean Companies To Onshore More Battery Production To US

CleanTechnica EVs

As Chinese companies control over 70% of lithium-ion battery manufacturing and nearly all stages of the EV battery supply chain, this reliance on China puts […]

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